lesavoy



July 17, 1928. 1,677,188

.I.- L. LESAVOY GARMENT Filed July 22, 1924 2 shets-shaet 1 INVENTOR July 17, 1928. 1,677,188 l. L. LESAVOY GARMENT Filed July 22, 1924 Patented July 17, 1928.

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ISADORE L/LESAVOY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT.

Application filed July 22,

My invention relates to garments, and particularly to a combination of garments for covering upper and lower portions of the body, made into a unitary structure, and the method of making the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a garment which may be conveniently put on; one which readily adapts itself to movements of the body of the wearer; one where in a minimum of material and small amount of work is required in the making thereof; one adapted not only for comfortable wear, but also for assisting in supporting portions of the body; to provide a novel arrangement of hose supporting means with said garment and to simplify and improve generally the manufacture and form of garments of the class described.

Some of the forms which my invention may take are shown in the accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is a View showing two sections of material, cut from a pattern, employed in making one form of garment embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a front view of the parts of Fig. 1, in partially assembled relation; Fig. 3 is a rear view thereof; Fig. 4.- is a rear View of a body gar ment made after the pattern of Fig. 1., and Fig. is a view thereof, in side elevation, as it appears upon the body of the wearer; Fig. ti is a View similar to that of Fig. 4, but showing a modified form of garment, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail View of a portion of the fastening means of the garment of Fi 5.

.ltefiarring now to Fig. 1, I have shown material comprising duplicate pieces cut in a manner to permit the formation of a combined bloomer and brassiere or light corslet. The front edge of each piece is cut on a curved line a-b and a line b0. A trans verse cut g h and a vertical out gi are made as shown. The rear edges have a. straight portion e; and a curved portion hj, preferably of greater length than the line 6 0. The lower ends of the two pieces are curved as shown at (Z and k.

lVhen the one piece of material is joined on the line ab to the corresponding line of the other piece of material, the upper or bust portion 8 of the garment is thereby formed. To form the bloomers. the pieces of material are joined on the line b0 and hy', respectively, and the portions dd of one of the ieces 8 are sewed together and the pieces b t of the other portion joined, to

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formthe bloomer The length of the line is much greater than that of the line ()-c, so that whenthe parts are united as above explained, there will be ample room in the seat of the garment and the seam ordinarily extending from one leg to the other across the crotch of the wearer will be disposed to the front of the body, and above the crotch, but this feature, in itself. does not constitute a part of the present in vention.

The flap portions 9 which are formed by cutting along the lines fgi form a drop seat of the garment, as shown more clearly in Figs. l and The rear edges of the waist portion it may be provided with stiffening material and with either snap or hook fas teners, as shown at 10 in Fig. 4, while stiffening material 11 is attached to each lower edge of the body portion of the garment and have eyes inserted therein for the reception of hooks carried by the seat portion 9 so that the seat portion may be fastened as shown in Figs. 5 and 7. The seat portion may be provided with elastic material. 12 in order to secure a snug fit at the waist-- line. Likewise the lower ends of the bloomer legs may be provided at 13 with elasy tic material. Shoulder straps 1.4 of any desired material are also provided.

The garment consisting mainly of two pieces, the amount of cutting and number of seams is reduced, thus saving in material and labor.

To the front scam, upon the interior of the garment, I attach hose supporters [5 that may be fastened to the stockings in the usual manner, but with the ditltn-ence that they may be secured to the stockings before stepping into the garment, or at least immediately after stepping into the garment and before pulling it up into position on the body. This avoids the necessity of raising the bloomer leg, after the garment is on, for the purpose of attaching the supporters to the stockings as in previous constructions. By my arrange]ncnt, when the supporters are fastened and the garment drawn into place on the body, no disarrangement of the clothing on the body thereafter necessary and the supporter straps are concealed within the bloomer legs, and there is no bunching of material adjacent to the knee. Furthermore. time is saved in dressing and undressing.

Referring now to Fig. 6 I show a garment which, when completed, is substantially of the same appearance as the garment of Figs. lto. 5 but which is made in upper and lower portions, the upper portion 8 being made separately from thelower portion 9 and thereafter joined to the latter, by a seam at the waistline. In this arrangement the supporters 15 are joined to the reinforcing pieces 11 instead of to a middle seam as in Fig. 4-, althoughit will be understood that the supporters of Fig. 4 may be joined to the reinforcing pieces lfl if desired. The con struction of Fig. (3 is iiarticularly desirable where'diflerent material is required as be tween the body portion of the garment and the bloomer portion thereof. The body por tion of the garment may be made of such material that it will serve as alight corslet, or it may serve as a brassiere or'other article of apparel. The supporters extend down across, and assist in holding in the stomach of the wearer[ They also assist in yieldingly positioning the garment in place on the body." 7

From the foregoing it willbe seen that I provide a garment which is of simple construction, requiring comparatively few operations in the making thereof and but a relatively small amount of material, besides neatly fitting the body and still permitting freedom of movement thereof. The garment is suitable for every day wear but is particularly useful as an'athletic': garment.

Various changes may be made without departing from thespiritand scope of the in-- front er ges one another at their upper and intermediate vention defined in the accompanying claim.

Reference in the accompanying claim to upper and lower garment will be understood to refer to a brassire or similar garment wornabove the waistline and to a bloomer or similar garment worn below the waistline.

I claim my invention:

A garment cousisting of two sections of material that are substantially duplicates and each of which has its forward cage composed of upper lower and intermediate portions-and its rear edge also composed of upper, lower and intermediate portions, the of said sections being joined to portions and the rear edges thereof being united at their intermediate portions, and the lower front edge portion of each section being joined to the rear edgeportion of said section to form legs for the garment, the 'intermediate rear ed e portions of each section being of'greater length than'the intermediate front edge portions thereof, and each intermediate portion being of greater width than the upper portion and the two portions being partially separated along; an approximately vertical line and alonga diagonal line extending upwardly and rearwardly from said vertical line, said diagonal line forming the upper edge of said inter mediate portion.

In testimony whereof I, the SEULLISADORE L. Lnsi-woY, have hereunto set my hand.

IsAnoBn L. Lnsayor 

